World Bodypainting Festival @ Shopping Center ATRIO

The largest shopping center in the region, the ATRIO, will be transformed into a bodypainting studio from June 29th to July 5th before the festivals main days.

"The future in the past" is an exhibition project of a new art movement brought together by its founder Ennio Bettoni from Italy. It's an exhibition of artwork, that has been carried out on a body, then transferred onto wood panels using different techniques: photographic and pictorial. This way it progresses to create a different result, full of its own life, with its own meaning.

It's perfect to combine your shopping day with bodypainting on the special days June 29th and 30th with live demonstration, facepainting and airbrush tattoos for kids.

The highlight of the week is the Thursday, July 5th. You can watch the artists preparing their models for the big body art fashion show under the title "For the Love of Culture". Australian Artist Karala B will work together with Birgit Mörtl (Austria) and Bella Volen (Bulgaria) with hair designs from Miss CoCo to express the beautiful mixture of culture surrounding the borders of Austria, Slovenia and Italy. Twelve models will be transformed in front of the audience with a combination of dramatic fashion and body art for this unique fashion show and will present the designs on the catwalk throughout the day.

Exhibition by Ennio Bettoni

Body Art Fashion Show by Karala

Exhibition by Ennio Bettoni

Body Art Fashion Show by Karala

Exhibition by Ennio Bettoni

Body Art Fashion Show by Karala

Tip for ATRIO visitors:

From June 1st to July 5th you get advanced tickets for the World Bodypainting Festival in Pörtschach, July 6th - 8th daily from 11.00 am to midnight. Tickets include all music and show programs.

World Bodypainting Festival (est. 1998)

2  -  8 July 2012

(main days 6 - 8 July)

General Information

The world championships in bodypainting presented by "Kryolan" Night contest for UV effects World Facepainting Award presented by "Snazaroo" Special Effects Make-up Award & Amateur Awards presented by "Superstar" WBF academy with more than 40 different workshop classes, demos and lectures Body.Circus, the surreal ballroom in the castle Leonstain  presented by "Snazaroo" Extensive exhibition area & market, exhibitions and photography World Bodypainting Photo Days with photo contest presented by "Nikon" Huge music synchronized fireworks "Bodypaint City TV" with interviews, live broadcasts and web streaming WBF sound.institute presents: Music concerts by national and international bands such as Aura Dione, Culcha Candela and many more International DJ Acts Dance Music Bar WBF fashion.department presents: WBF fashion.park, the fashion boutique for young designers WBF couture.award, the young fashion designer award Styling Zone BodyArt Fashion Show
Since 1998, the world’s most colourful event has taken place every year in Austria. The “World Bodypainting Festival” is the biggest art event in the bodypainting theme and tens of thousands of visitors admire the wonderful work of the participants. In the 15th year anniversary we will again welcome aritsts from 40 nations worldwide to this unique event and put body art into the mountain and lake scenery. The World Bodypainting Festival (WBF)  developes further every year and adds new aspects and faces.    "Bodypaint City" offers easier travel access plus great socializing possibilities and inspiration. The town Pörtschach, the most impressive location in the state surrounded by turquoise water, is the perfect backdrop for the art form. The very compact town locates all programs within just a few hundred meters.
General program scheme
"WBF academy" with workshop classes and lectures from 2 - 5 July 2012
The teachers of the WBF academy are the best ones in their fields. Many workshops are supported by our partners like Kryolan, Brennig, Diamond FX, Fantasy Worldwide, Nikon and Adobe to mention a few.   The "WBF academy" offers an extensive program for beginners, intermediate and advanced. Group arrangements for schools can be organized on request.
We offer workshops in the areas of bodypainting, airbrush bodypainting, facepainting, special effects, body deco, beauty and fashion make-up, colour theory, uv effects as well as photography, digital art and meny more. Festival Academy Pass: The Academy Pass contains  a selected program for 4 days for only € 279. You can simply choose your favourite classes for each day.
Details about the "WBF academy" Program
Meeting places and party locations
Pörtschach is the hot spot in the state Carinthia thoughout the summer. Many cafés, bars, lounges and entertainment facilities are just within just a few meters. Every day there is a different meeting point in the town but only a few meters appart from each other.
The party spot on the festival Wednesday, 4th July, is of course the traditional “Body.Circus - the surreal ballroom". The location 2012 for the shrill party is the majestic castle "Leonstain". The Thursday evening, July 5th,  is the portfolio night for artists and the meeting place for all interested visitors, photographers and models. We will have a boat cruise on the beautiful lake where we will  present the winners of the last years World Bodypainting PHOTO Awards and also  honor participants who came to the WBF for 15 or 10 years.
Body.Circus, the surreal ballroom in the castle Leonstain 4 July 2012 - presented by Snazaroo
The surreal ballroom “Body.Circus“ is the main attraction in the festival week side events. In the middle of the town Pörtschach is the beautiful castle Leonstain. Built in 1492 it will be turned into a magical and mystical surrounding to host  "Body.Circus" in 2012. The visitors show up in fantasy costumes combined with bodypainting, decoration and masks up to extreme make up and fantasy fashion.
- 6.30 pm: Styling Jam Session in the congress hall in Pörtschach. Get ready for BodyCircus with other people in the styling jam. - from 7.00 pm: Dine in the Park of the castle Leonstain  - from 8.00 pm: Body.Circus venue is open.     Details and tickets for Body.Circus
The main days in "Bodypaint-City"  6-8 July 2012
The main days of the festival are from Friday to Sunday, 6 - 8 July, daily from 10.30 am in  “Bodypaint City”. The artists start painting in the public park and later in the day the artwork is judged by a professional jury. The models are then presented to the audience on the main stage. During the day, lots of music and show acts are presented. There are music concerts on program till late. Themes 2012: Friday and Saturday: "Inner fears, battling the invisible" Sunday, Final day: "Avantgarde – Innovation.Provocation"
The new Bodypaint City streches from the town center via the promanade to the peninsula. The artists are working on the shore of the beautiful lake Wörthersee. Bodypaint City is seperated in 4 zones filled with: - Main and side stages - Artist pavilions - Fashion park - Photo award areas - Exhibitors and market - Catering - VIP Lounge by Akakiko - Artist Lounge - Art exhibitions
The World Bodypainting Awards, the world championships sponsored by
At the world championships during the main days, artists from 40 nations worldwide compete. The World Awards are given in the categories: Brush/Sponge Airbrush and Special effects, as well as one World Fluoro Award, the night contest for UV effects Facepainting Additionally, there will be the Amateur Award contest in the category Brush/Sponge Airbrush       Photo Darek Gutowski
World Fluoro Award  Beside the main categories during the day, the night contest “World Fluoro Award“ will be presented. Fluoroscent colours are used on the models and they are lit with backlights to glow on the stage when presented to the audience. Spectacular effects are guaranteed. There are 15 selected artists who will tell a story of colours, dance and music.
World Facepainting Award and Special Effects Make up Award In 2012, the World Award will also be presented in the Facepainting category. For participants with special effects ambitions, we have a special category:   the “Special Effects Make Up Award”.
"WBF sound.institute" Music and Show Highlights
Music bands The highlights of the festival are of course the show presentations of the artists work. Before and after these presentations, we present a full day program from 10.30 morning till after midnight. International music groups, top DJ’s, a whole show program around the bodypainting art form are presented. Line Up 2012: with Aura Dione, Culcha Candela and many more  Photo: Aura Dione
The Electronic Music Stage The DJ community will have their "playgrounds" in Bodypaint City again.
The Dance Music Stage is going to be the center of the electronic music community. DJ's will perform, visitors can dance, newcomers can learn. A huge program including workshops, radio "Bodypaint City", open decks and much more will attract visitors and artists to combine the creative energy of both - music and bodyart. Photo: Pierre Sarkozy aka DJ Mosey
Music workshops and DJ tricks Many musicians and DJ's meet up at the festival and offer the public possibilities to learn from them. The active program for visitors is held in various locations in Bodypaint City. Learn how to didgeridoo, moderate and the tricks of our DJ's.
Program schedule (the WBF program magazine is available from May)
The "WBF fashion.department" Fashion, Styling, Shows - all parts of the WBF fashion.department
"WBF fashion.park"- the boutique for young creative designers The cross over to styling and fashion is very close in the middle of an event that uses the body as an art object. One of the zones in Bodypaint City will host the "WBF fashion.park". It is an attempt to offer a presentation possibility for newcomers as well as established fashion desigerns to show their collections in the middle of one of the most popular Austrian summer destinations. Urban style and glamour, street wear, extraordinary or simply new designs will be ready to be sold. Details are available under the section  "WBF Fashion Department".
Body Art Fashion Show 10 make up artists and designers directed by Karala B. will present a 30 minutes special show under the title "Nomad Apocalypse" looking deep into the themes body art and fashion.     Photo Erick Kicken
WBF couture.award - the fashion contest for young designers The WBF Couture Award is another highlight at the World Bodypainting Festival. Young fashion designers get the opportunity to take part in the contest for the WBF Couture Award.  The guidelines for participation were carefully elaborated and stand for highly-qualitative requirements placed on the designers. The "WBF couture.award" represents a high level of professionalism and supports the young designers in their carreers. News about the WBF Couture Award can be found under the section  "WBF fashion.department".   Photo Andrea Peria
Styling zone in Bodypaint City Bodypaint City will have a styling area for festival visitors with various partners such as hair dressers, nail designers and make up artists. Photo Anabel Vargas
The trade show area and the market
In the trade show area, most of the biggest brands in the bodypainting industry as well as airbrush, special effects and bodypainting accessories show and sell their product range. Here you can find the latest product lines to test and of course to buy. The market offers products such as jewellery, hand craft and more.
The World Bodypainting Photo Days with the international photo contest "World Bodypainting PHOTO Award”
Bodypainting is art and before this kind of art disappears it should get captured for the future. There are limited photo tickets. For the participants of the photo contest we provide a special restricted area with different photo sets. The most fantastic creations are born here and sent to the photo contest. All photographers, models and artists receive a free photo catalogue after the photo contest.   Photo: Andrea Peria
The photo days contain the following activities: within the WBF Academy (Monday - Thursday) Workshops: (fashion, gothic, surreal, nude, digital retouching and more) Lectures and speeches: (digital retouching, workflow, tools, software) within the main days (Friday - Sunday) Lectures at the "speakers corner" Trade show area restricted photo areas for photo ticket holders (strictly limited) WBF photo award in 2 categories (Photo classic & digital composing)   Special photo contest "Bodypainting Photo of the Year" (for general bodypainting photos from all around the world)	Photo Darek Gutwoski
All photo activities can be found in the photo section

"Bodypaint City TV“
Our festival TV crew presents the bodypainting presentations from different perspectives and includes show acts, live music, interesting interviews and visuals. Festival TV is broadcasted on the festival grounds via the big video wall, TV screens and a signal via our website as a video streaming can be viewed by people who can not attend the festival. Last year we were support by Red Bull so that we were able to produce great reports in high definition, or like the year before a 3D clip. Many innovations will come in 2012 as well!    Photo Andrea Peria
See you in Austria, Alex Barendregt World Bodypainting Festival
Festival tickets 2012 Festival accomodation possibilities

 

at the World Bodypainting Festival is everything on screen
--- DVB-T Channel 43  ---

Be part of the World Bodypainting Festival via DVB-T chanel 43 --- Carinthia's TV station KULT1 will have a LIVE broadcast of the World Bodypainting Festival 2011!

The World Bodypainting Festival taking place from the 1st – 3rd of July 2011 in Pörtschach is proud to announce one more festival highlight: Carinthia's private TV chanel KULT1 LIVE will have a live broadcast of the festival main days. In addition to the 30.000 visitors on-site, there will be the possibility to follow the whole festival program live in front of the TV. The only requirement for this is to switch the television or the DVB-T box onto chanel 43 – and you are ready to experience the colourful festival main days from at home.

"We are looking forward to this live broadcast, as it will be a real technical challenge for us", says KULT1 boss Gerhard Reiner. "We will bring the festival into the living rooms of the people who can not attend it on-site", adds Reiner.

Fine Art exhibition in Bodypaint City

The WBF presents every year a fine art exhibition in Bodypaint City. In 2010 we featured Emma Hack, Filippo Ioco and Michael Rosner. This is the unique chance to see those 3 outstanding, diverse artists brought together in one exhibition.

We will continue the exhibition in 2011 and will give other artists the possibilitie to exhibit their works.

Filippo Ioco is one of the most important and outstanding body painting artists of all time. His work covers an extraordinary range of styles and ideas, and is groundbreaking across the whole spectrum. It is his combination of experience, understanding, inspiration, innovation and courage that has kept his work at the top for almost two decades. Filippo Ioco has been doing professional Bodypainting for 20 years now, but has been a fine artist/ painter all his life. Therefore he is able to carry that knowledge, technique and style over into his body art, which sets him aside from other body painters. He loves working with human figures

Emma Hack is a very diverse Multimedia Artist, Skin Illustrator, Photographer and Sculptor. Emma Hack is exploring the notion of camouflage. For her Mandala collection, Emma Hack has painstakingly camouflaged the human form into her hand- painted Mandala designs and she is drawn to the female form as a sense of self.

Her present works encompass past traditions of body painting used as a way of camouflage, taking the journey a step further with the evolving styles of body art. In its most ancient form, body painting is an expression of rich cultural and spiritual traditions; the human body representing energy and life force as opposed to object. It is the idea of energy and transformation associated with the human body which is the underlying current of her work. At the World Bodypainting Festival her art will be presented on 6 screens, celebrating 21 great years of body art. It is a journey from her first brushstrokes, about her big successes to her newest Mandala- and Wallpaper Collections.
An overview of her exhibition "Emma Hack - Celebrating 21 years of Body Art" already gives a short impression about the variety of this artist:

Screen1 - Body Art Beginnings 1990 - 2000
Screen2 - Calendar, Fashion and Advertising Works 2000
Screen3 - Exhibition 2002 - 2010
Screen4 - Inspired by Yoga 2003/2006, Panoramic Bodies 2009
Screen5 - Wallpaper Collection 2005/ 2010
Screen6 - Native Mandala documentary 2009

Michael Rosner is an American artist from California who worked as a painter, sculptor and carpenter before beginning the series of body paintings in 2006. In addition to those live models, Michael Rosner is known for painting on "unconventional" surfaces including elaborate paintings on real leaves with hand selected species collected each fall throughout California. Michael Rosner's work is known for his complex layered style along with his distinctive visual influences that combine architecture and sacred geometry juxtaposed with either human anatomy or the anatomy of objects found in nature.

More galleries 2011 from photographers by external sites:

• Wolfgang Honzejk
• Rudi Schabetsberger
• Ulrich Kiel
• Peter Ziegler
• Hans Verheul (FB)
• Christian Rudolf
• Tony / Euroshots
• Michael Heinze
• Josef Feiel - Fotomosaik
• Peter Weber
• Erick Kicken
• Geoffrey Pegler
• Melanie Klösch / Gerald Klösch
• Norbert Bauer Body.Circus / Workshops

External Video Clips:

• Body Art Fashion

Be part of the festival !
How ?

The World Bodypainting Festival ® is the biggest and most important body art event in the world. It was founded and developed since 1998 as a very small event to let people experience the art of bodypainting.
Since then the festival has grown every year into an international top event, but still maintains the connected feeling of the bodypainting family. The Festival is a Non-Profit-Event and is held to keep up friendships with the participants and build the community.

The festival can only be organized with the support of the town, the government and with a lot of volunteers who put their ability and time together for the festival. We have a fantastic mix of teams and if you want to join one of them. Of course you receive free catering as well as a volunteer support certificate at the end.

• Jury support
• Artist support
• Photo area support
• Backstage
• Information/Communication

Please contact us if you are interested in joining us.

Wednesday, 4th July 2012

presented by Snazaroo

Ladys and Gentelement,

girls and boys out there!

We proudly present the next edition of the extraordinary, stunning and bizarre "Body.Circus" - the surreal ballroom presented by "Snazaroo".
The circus for the body and facepainting artists is back in 2012 for the 15th anniversary of the WBF with a new location.

"Body.Circus“ is traditionally the main attraction on the Wednesday within the festival week.  the beautiful castle Leonstain is In the middle of the town Pörtschach. Buildt in 1492 it will be turned into a magical and mystical surrounding to host "Body.Circus" in 2012 .
The visitors show up in fantasy costumes combined with bodypainting, decoration and masks, or extreme make up and fantasy fashion.

We invite you freaks to come out and get wild with the finest magical artists and the best music with a great DJ Line up. Amazing shows and of course a crowd of decorated bodies.

Alex Morph @ Body.Cirucs 2012

Salamandra @ Body.Cirucs 2012

Biomechanic special feature by Gino Delia & Marco Licata

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The Location

Schloss Leonstain, Pörtschach

The Shows

• from Russia:  Salamandra - Conception Kristina Elizarova & Yulia Vlasova
• from Russia: Zap Zap & Alex Moon - Konzeption Kristina Elizarova & Yulia Vlasova
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• from Italy: Biomechanic special feature "27 bites" by Gino Delia & Marco Licata

The Music

• Floor 1:
  Queen of the House - Victoria Aitken & Mark JB (UK)
  Lords of House (Austria)
• Floor 2:
  The Lost Boyz (UK) mit
  Matt Emulsion (DJ)
  El Dubz Stuntman Lee Shemmings (DJ)
  Ryan B (Poison DJ)
  Stevie (DJ)
  Tonik (MC)
  Danny Del'Amore (Vocalist)
  Slim Bubba (MC)
  Wayne Dudley (DJ)

more about the line up

Program Schedule

The surreal ballrom "body.circus" promises to be an evening of magic, pushing boundaries and letting imagination run free. For those who need help or want to get ready with others, the styling jam session is the place to be.

• from 06.30 pm: Styling Jam Session  in the Congress Center Pörtschach
  Get ready together with a group of people for the surreal ballroom "body.circus" ! It’s more fun and stylists will be available.
• from 07.00 pm: Catering available in the beautiful park of the castle.
• from 08.00 pm: Doors open to the inner rooms of the castle.

Tickets

The tickets are strictley limited. Due to high demand we suggest you book well in advance.

• € 15 Early bird
• € 19 On door ticket

Dresscode: Shrill, Fancy, Bizarre, Freaky, Bourlesque, simply surreal!!!

• Tickets (opens a new window)

Videorückblick

BodyCircus 2011

BodyCircus 2010

BodyCircus 2009

Photo Special

Live Shooting with Christoph Kaltseis powered by NIKON
Start: 5.30 to 11.30 pm
(Setup / iTTL Flash / Camera)

New: Body.Circus Accomodation

The best with the venue is that you can actually book a room in the castle Leonstain. Take your boy or girl after the party for a magically night with fantasic colourful breakfast next morning.
The double room for 2 person is € 170 per night incl. breakfast or the suite for € 210 per night. All including the tickets for Body.Circus (worth 19 per person)

Accomodation request simply per email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Early Bird Packages 2010

The World Bodypainting Festival in Seeboden, Austria takes place for the 13th year in 2010. The Festival in Seeboden is the biggest and most important bodypainting event world wide. It’s an art event all about the art of bodypainting but also music, shows, concerts and many side events. 26.000 visitors will be expected again.

• Package 1: Hotel apartment for 4 - 8 persons in the new Camp Royal X

The Camp Royal X is a new hotel complex direct on the lake in the Seeboden bay. It is very central located within walking distance to the WBF Academy locations and the Bodypaint City. The appartements are available in 2 different sizes. The smaller version is for up to 4 people, the large one up to 8 people. The offer is fixed for the date from Wednesday, 14th July to Monday, 19th July, but can be extended on request.

Date for the package:  Wednesday, 14th July - Monday, 19th July 2010

Apartment CRX 1

The apartment type CRX1 comprises a bathroom with 2 showers, 2 washbasins and 1 toilet, a common / living area with room for up to 8 persons and a kitchenette with 2 hotplates, a microwave convection oven, a fridge and a sink as well as cookware and tableware.
The apartment is equipped with two bunks with 2 to 4 beds each, so they can accommodate small groups with up to 8 persons. For families, the parents have a bunk of their own with a double bed. The children have an extra bunk with up to 4 beds.

Bookings:
Seeboden Touristik GmbH
Hauptplatz 1
9871 Seeboden, Austria
Telefon: +43 (0) 4762-81210
e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Web: www.seeboden.net

• Package 2: Accomodation & ticket

Wednesday, 14 July:
From 8.00 pm: “BodyCircus ®" the magical and mystical fantasy ball takes place within the historical walls of the castle Sommeregg in Seeboden. There will be different dance floors with international DJ’s, show acts and fantastically dressed people partying till early morning.

Thursday, 15 July :
Evening from 8.00 pm: PreGlow in the “Bodypaint City” (Festival Grounds)
– Art night with music

Friday, 16 July – Sunday, 18 July:
The world championships are organized on the three main days in the “Bodypaint City”. On Friday and Saturday the pre selection takes place in different categories, the finals are on Sunday. The program starts daily 11.00 am with entertainment, shows and music all day till late on the main stage. The festival will close on Sunday night with a huge synchronized firework presentation.

Package details:
- 5 nights including breakfast in a guesthouse around the lake.
- Ticket for the “BodyCircus” ® in the castle (tickets are strictly limited)
- Side Event on the Thursday in the “Bodypaint City”
- 3 days festival pass for the main days in the “Bodypaint City” from Friday to Sunday

Price: from € 185 per person in a double room inclucing breakfast
Of course the arrival and departure dates can be changed on request.

Bookings:
Seeboden Touristik GmbH
Hauptplatz 1
9871 Seeboden, Austria
Telefon: +43 (0) 4762-81210
e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Web: www.seeboden.net

• Of course we can assist you to find all types of accomodation. Hotels, Appartements, Campsites in all different periods
  

Tel. +43 4245 21637